"social value" rather than profits. And unlike the majority of non-profit organizations‚ their work is targeted not only towards immediate‚ small-scale effects‚ but sweeping‚ long-term change. “Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry." (Bill Drayton‚ CEO‚ chair and founder of Ashoka). Today‚ social entrepreneurs are working in many countries to create avenues for independence and opportunity for
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Facility Description For this assignment‚ I conducted much research on the Head Start Program. I visited the West End Gardens Head Start facility. There‚ I conducted an interview of three employees‚ where I sought to gain a better understanding of the overall nature of the Head Start program. This Head Start facility is located at 534 West 4th street in Plainfield‚ New Jersey. The neighborhood is very urban‚ where as‚ there were many people out and about walking on the streets. Its atmosphere is
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The gap between the law on books and the law in action is affected by numerous factors including race‚ location and values that are held by persons. A person’s race significantly impacts the type of learning environment that they can flourish or fail in. Although the Department of Education claims that their goal is to promote competiveness from all types of students and guarantee that they have equal opportunities‚ their goal is affected by race and location as well. In the example given above
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The Rapid Decline of Education in the United States Once acknowledged worldwide as educational leaders‚ the United States has drastically dropped in rank due to countless contributing factors consisting of but not limited to finances‚ accountability and current reforms. We have an education system that seems to be geared more towards the industrial and agrarian age‚ fundamentals of the past. The rest of the world saw what we once accomplished‚ ran with the positive aspects of our system‚ making
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In literature‚ the theme of identity has been explored in many distinct ways. From “Hamlet” to “The Odyssey‚” characters have always struggled to discover who they really are in relation to the rest of their world. Most characters go through a personal journey and eventually discover who they are and what their purpose is. Other times‚ characters are left without a sense self and fail to establish themselves as individuals. However‚ sometimes these characters are not fictional‚ revealing how real
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I started my career in the public sector‚ helping underprivileged communities as an intern in the INNFA (Instituto Nacional de la Niñez y la Familia/National Institute for Children and Families) organization‚ with the aims of protecting the rights of children and in seeking solutions to the problems of school dropout‚ child labor‚ child abuse and malnutrition in Ecuador. During my time in INNFA‚ I became a case manager upon completion of my bachelor degree in Psychology. However‚ in 1999 I moved
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Everything flows smoothly‚ and with so much detail. You get to know the characters so well it’s hard to believe the story just covers one week of their lives. This book is extremely hard to put down. The Outsiders is about a gang of “greasers‚” or underprivileged teenagers‚ living on the east side of Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. They are constantly under attack from the rich west-side Socs‚ and have parties and rumbles all the time. The narrator‚ the orphan Ponyboy Curtis‚ pretty much knows what to expect from his
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Craig Kielburger Not a day that goes by that we don’t hear about children around the world who desperately need our help. Whether it’s a headline on the newspaper‚ a top story on the latest news‚ or an infomercial on how you can donate money to save an innocent child’s life. Everyone thought it was impossible to make a change‚ but Craig Kielburger thought otherwise. At the age of just 12 years old‚ Kielburger decided he wanted to become an
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Introduction The purpose of this paper is to summarize and analyze the # 1 Wall Street Journal Best Seller: “Strengths Based Leadership” by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. People have struggle finding and applying their own strengths because many people do not differentiate their natural talents from their hobbies or interest brings results of statistics conducted over 25 years of Gallup studies evaluating leaders performance and productivity. The consulting company identified twelve core elements
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Food Insecurity Nutrition is important for healthy life. Many people are still hungry around the world even though there is mass production of food. This is because of unhealthy food production. In today’s world we see many obese people because of high intake of high fat and cholesterol containing food. It is important to have a healthy diet/ nutritional intake for individuals to have good foundation for physical and mental health. Now a day’s healthy food is getting more expensive rather than
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